Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02
Deg. FsArsnA.a.

Making . mean anuual temperature
fer She esvsn pears mentioned OF l9.3. q
Ths report % ehe Tacorna ChAmbef
Of oos1g sros sfatsa. q regard 10 eli
mate. as fellows:
(" The mean ,empssasurs Of the atmos
pheFe Ia about as follows: OstobeF.
IS So; November, "A s.; DeoemhaF,
t99; Jsnuary, sl.Ss; February, IS 90;
March, Is o.; April. 50 o.; NAY, 60 90;
June, g. 80; Juiv. s. 20; August, 81 50;
tspsember, $50. Fahrenheit. Ths
rainfall per year averages about 20
inchea. OF which about 20 inches fall
betweea the 1st day Of November and
eha let % March, acd 10 inches baswsan
ths LEE Of March and the ist Of Hovem-
Der. The Quantity Of rain dess net ex-
eaed the neeessity Of an aoFtgaltural
country, and the occasional light fFoats
seldom iniure veQssatiJn. and those
oceaF mostly IN JanasFy. Il is net M.
esmmon 70 Aod IN he mon1h 81 Ne
Nemoeg Pee aud strs berry VINES 10
bloom. We have an agreeable aud
healaheul climate; u IL not 90 warm In
nugnuneE a. - ensxvAles and YET 10 IL
warn enough 70 Be pleasant; nor often
eoid enoaRh In winter 10 make out Of
door 1ogk o. exercise dinAeresahle.
TIE rainy seascu begins abous ne lst
Of November and lasts till the lal Of
April; The dry season. % called, oegapy-
inR ths Femaindsf Of the yaar. Bat NE
vet ssasea u net al vet, noe the dry
aezson altogether dry. Ia NovembsF,
Decsnbss. January, Febraary and
March there are manv clear days. and
daFinR the summer season showers are
freqaeat Flowers bloom 10 the open
ar dafiaa every mouth Of the year.
However warm the Summer days, toe
nirkta are always cool and pleasant"
Statistics o. temperature and rain
fall have been kspa for many years By
Ma. II. NJ. HoakinsnB. Of Port Blakely,
near Seattle, latitude AZ IS north, ionas-
tuds Ia 90 Weza. from whoss Fsportg
the fellouina exfrAela are takeas ~Dar.
lnR Ne ysars 1871 - 1854. both inela-
aiva. tha highest tsmPerssurs wss Tone
dAy oulyl asn. ca tha en- day Of Jane,
1873. and tha Lowest tewpesstaRs tons
day only) vas 100 degrees above zero,
% he lila day sf February. 1854. fhs
eoidest dag e. any rrsvio1s period dur
Inc thaa fime Was Iao0 degrees shove
AFRO, "a the l9sh day Of JannAry. 1852
ID will therefore 10 aasn that there h .
strtksna resernbianss between TIE eli
u1a1a az E1Giau0 and mai q PAGES
esana. In its deposits of coal and ir0n,
Wnshiaseon TeFFstesy b equally foEta-
naae. TIE Area % esal deposits already
discovered covers many hundreds OF
a ansa mfiaa Do axasnAs and nee &ssst-
opmenta are 81 fssQaeat eeeafraneA
Hitherto Il hAa besa npRsssd taAs the
availahls zeal Aes1z 81 tie Terri
toFy we're limited - WesseFn WaAAina.
toa. haa . rec and very valaaoie ecAl
Geld has reaanflv bean discovered and
opens1 ~ Rear the tine % ne Northern
Facias railrsaA. esss Of he osssads
usanaAiuA Ihis raklsoad eoDpauy
have had. foF several Dontha. large
foFes Of mea ~ uesk 10 thu nsw coAl
aai6. into which thsy have already az-
hanasd branch read iron lie mAin
iina. and q expects soea - bs nhtppina
eeas e. Ne Tass Of 1000 toes pr eag fol
The uss ef the western half e. its road.
and far tAs snppfy q tha unmesoal
settlers. togse nnd eisSas "a he treslsa,
Fe9iana ef ERsseFn WanAtz9fna and
NoFsharn IaaAa4 Ths eAipmsnas mad.
from 90 minas alsea4y oueane 60 q
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